Any suggestions for building? Rod suggestions/sources?

Covering suggestions for temp and perm structures?

Strong enough for thin plywood?

I'm watching my Cupcake print it's first pentagon, and like three layers in it started doing what I thought was the nozzle running into a blob. Turns out it was only making the turns for the holes. Silly me!

I printed a single hex on the RapMan-dual head. PLA as raft, ABS as material. 235 for the PLA (to fuse hard to the surface) and 250 for the ABS (to fuse hard to the PLA) 50% fill density, 3 shells over 4 layers. Came out with no warp.

However - trying the multiple command in Skeinforge was not as successful. For some reason - multiples at the same settings warp like crazy. I will post when I get a multiple run.

I think you mean the holes are 10mm (3/8") not 5mm. :)

I'm not really gonna be able to print that effectively what with the overhangs. Maybe make it in two parts so I have to print only stuff that doesn't overhang? Cool idea though.

Demented

This is nice node design. You might also want to look into the Universal Node System geometry proposed by Peter Pearce. This is an alternative to the Fuller geometry based on a rhombicuboctahedron node. It was developed as the basis of the building system Min-A-Max which later became used in the Biosphere II. It's interesting in its ability to support enclosure frames like the geodesic, planar/deck trusses, trusses, and space-filling space frames all with the same node geometry. Min-A-Max developed into a rather elaborate system but the core UNS was capable of some novel flowing building forms that went beyond the dome.

http://radio-weblogs.com/01190...
http://radio-weblogs.com/01190...
http://radio-weblogs.com/01190...

These are from the book Structure In Nature Is A Strategy For Design. I've often wondered why more people don't experiment wit
h this, though it may be that it's just not well known.